The death penalty has many ways to execute someone. Here is a chart that says the different way people face the death penalty.
States who allow and do not allow the death penalty
States that allow the death penalty Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wyomi |
States that do not allow the death penalty, and what year it was abolished
Alaska (1957)
Connecticut** (2012) Hawaii (1957) Illinois (2011) Iowa (1965) Maine (1887) Massachusetts (1984) Michigan (1846) Minnesota (1911) New Jersey (2007) New Mexico* (2009) New York (2007)# North Dakota (1973) Rhode Island (1984)*** Vermont (1964) West Virginia (1965) Wisconsin (1853) |